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"Interest is now larger than the sample defense budget."

Neutral summary. Interest depends on the size of the debt and on rates. This claim compares a Treasury interest line with a defense appropriation. Which interest line — public issues only, or interest the government pays its own accounts — changes the comparison. The live debt page names its line. Posted by sample_member · 9 days ago · 640 followers

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Supports the claim

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Treasury interest on public issues beside a defense appropriation, sample year

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A rate-and-debt walkthrough of why the line grew

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A comparison that uses net interest after money the government pays itself

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A note that defense supplemental bills sit outside the base budget

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sample_reader Independent · Center on this issue

Starter example · 6h ago

Before this leans either way, the two sources need the same years and the same geography. Right now they might be describing different places.

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